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People · Hong Kong, China

Tse Yuet Ming (謝乙銘)

3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009TSEM01

Tse Yuet Ming (謝乙銘) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.35, set at Manchester Winter 2024, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in Hong Kong, China. Across 35 competitions since July 2009, he has put 913 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.21 in July 2009 to 11.35, a 41% improvement. Tse has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.35
signature single · Manchester Winter 2024
913
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×311.3514.24
top 11.6%268 / 1,347
4×441.8449.51
top 14.3%108 / 423
2×23.135.11
top 15.8%186 / 855
5×51:18.211:34.17
top 17.7%75 / 192
3×3 one-handed19.6327.76
top 19.5%120 / 361
Clock11.1812.29
top 31.0%76 / 156
6×62:42.592:54.34
top 32.1%54 / 87
7×74:25.114:30.18
top 39.5%51 / 74
Megaminx1:59.452:18.16
top 45.3%102 / 154
Pyraminx9.2512.64
top 47.0%258 / 431
Skewb13.9721.29
top 74.6%246 / 285
Square-155.11—
early days — 3 solves118 / 126

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Hong Kong Open 2009: 19.21Shenzhen Summer Open 2009: 16.71Hong Kong Open 2010: 17.75Asian Championship 2012: 16.82Guangdong Open 2013: 18.96Back To Cubing Hong Kong 2015: 16.05Hong Kong Spring Cube Day 2015: 15.18Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015: 14.84Arnold Classic Asia 2016: 15.16Hong Kong Cube Day 2017: 15.84Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 16.27China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 11.82Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 15.11Guangdong Open 2018: 12.29Shenzhen Open 2018: 15.33WCA Asian Championship 2018: 15.33Hong Kong Cube Day 2019: 15.05GDSY Open 2019: 13.56Dongguan Spring 2019: 12.45WCA World Championship 2019: 13.70Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 13.37Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019: 15.90Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 13.50August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023: 12.73Liverpool Winter 2023: 12.11Manchester Winter 2024: 11.35Bolton Spring 2024: 13.54Manchester June 2024: 14.52Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 12.82Manchester June 2025: 13.42Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.20Bolton Spring 2026: 13.3311.3519.2118 Jul 200928 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.